Socially responsible investing The Montrealer December 21, 2009 6437 Poke the conscience of investors and you'd be surprised at how many are attracted to the idea of investing their money so that it improves the world in some way. Socially responsible investing (SRI) taps into t...
Maine’s Ogunquit has something for every traveller The Montrealer December 9, 2009 5011 Spotlight on Travel - Mike Cohen Known to the Abenaki tribe as "beautiful place by the sea," Ogunquit (www.ogunquit.org) is a beautiful town of Maine featuring a world-class beach and magnificent coastlin...
Follow the sun to a winter golf getaway The Montrealer December 3, 2009 6035 Among many Canadian golfers the winter closure of domestic courses triggers an intense yearning for sunny fairways that never see a flake of snow. Moreover, there are oodles of excellent venues to choose from i...
Father John Walsh The Montrealer December 1, 2009 9319 "I grew up in the North end - near Jarry Park. We were an Irish Catholic family in a neighbourhood that soon had other immigrant families from Italy. It was a great place to grow up. I played baseball, hockey ...
Lots of family fun in Maine’s Old Orchard Beach The Montrealer November 5, 2009 11858 Spotlight on Travel - Mike Cohen OLD ORCHARD BEACH - Ever since I was a kid friends always told me about their trips to Maine, particularly Old Orchard Beach (www.OldOrchardBeachMaine.com). So, when I b...
Experience Atlanta – Georgia’s Southern Belle The Montrealer November 3, 2009 4811 It took considerable persuasion to convince me the most exciting way to tour the great city of Atlanta was on a Segway, one of those new self-balancing two-wheel transportation devices. I ultimately agreed to g...
Nathalie Lambert The Montrealer November 1, 2009 5906 Nathalie Lambert is a highly competitive person who truly understands what an athlete must do in order to achieve Olympic success. While she posses the physical attributes of an athlete - she doesn't consider h...
What the answers mean The Montrealer October 11, 2009 5191 For the last two months, we’ve been going over a set of questions that investors should consider asking a potential new advisor when they’re thinking of making a move from their current one. Studies show that a...
Kennebunkport The Montrealer October 9, 2009 6354 Spotlight on Travel - Mike Cohen KENNEBUNKPORT- I first heard about Kennebunkport, Maine, like most others I know, as the place where former US President George Bush Sr. had a summer home known as the Bush ...
Belize – a few days in paradise The Montrealer October 3, 2009 5634 “Sam loves to play with coconuts,” says Heather Sellors, guest services manager for St. George’s Caye Resort, an exotic getaway on St. George’s Caye, a sunny sandbar of an island eight miles off the Caribbean c...